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Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the relationship between web-based orthopedic illness scripts and medical students' performance as assessed through examination results. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study with 83 fifth-year medical students in an academic hospital. During a one-month...

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Autores principales: Anusitviwat, Chirathit, Hongnaparak, Theerawit, Yuenyongviwat, Varah, Iamthanaporn, Khanin, Tuntarattanapong, Pakjai, Bvonpanttarananon, Jongdee, Suwannaphisit, Sitthiphong
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Publicado: IJME 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601465
http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.6135.d424
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author Anusitviwat, Chirathit
Hongnaparak, Theerawit
Yuenyongviwat, Varah
Iamthanaporn, Khanin
Tuntarattanapong, Pakjai
Bvonpanttarananon, Jongdee
Suwannaphisit, Sitthiphong
author_facet Anusitviwat, Chirathit
Hongnaparak, Theerawit
Yuenyongviwat, Varah
Iamthanaporn, Khanin
Tuntarattanapong, Pakjai
Bvonpanttarananon, Jongdee
Suwannaphisit, Sitthiphong
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description OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the relationship between web-based orthopedic illness scripts and medical students' performance as assessed through examination results. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study with 83 fifth-year medical students in an academic hospital. During a one-month placement, they were instructed to do web-based illness scripts. Their performances were assessed by examination in the last week. All recorded data about illness scripts and examination results were retrieved. The students were separated into high and low response groups based on completed illness scripts. The characteristics of the students between the two groups were compared. Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis were used to identify the relationship between illness scripts and examination results. RESULTS: There were 56 students in the high-response and 27 in the low-response groups. The characteristics and examination scores were not significantly different between the groups, while there was a significant difference in script completion (t((27))=13.72, p<0.001). Using Pearson correlation, we found weak correlations without significance between completed scripts, illness script scores, and examination scores. We found no relationship between illness script scores and examination scores, even in the high response group, by regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The use of web-based orthopedic illness scripts did not correlate to the examination performance of medical students. A high number of scripts without variety and limited time for practicing may have obscured potential positive relationships. Illness scripts should be adjusted as appropriate for each school before being assigned. A further multi-center, prospective study is suggested to identify the correlations and investigate the influencing factors.
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spelling pubmed-89946412022-04-19 Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements Anusitviwat, Chirathit Hongnaparak, Theerawit Yuenyongviwat, Varah Iamthanaporn, Khanin Tuntarattanapong, Pakjai Bvonpanttarananon, Jongdee Suwannaphisit, Sitthiphong Int J Med Educ Original Research OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the relationship between web-based orthopedic illness scripts and medical students' performance as assessed through examination results. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study with 83 fifth-year medical students in an academic hospital. During a one-month placement, they were instructed to do web-based illness scripts. Their performances were assessed by examination in the last week. All recorded data about illness scripts and examination results were retrieved. The students were separated into high and low response groups based on completed illness scripts. The characteristics of the students between the two groups were compared. Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis were used to identify the relationship between illness scripts and examination results. RESULTS: There were 56 students in the high-response and 27 in the low-response groups. The characteristics and examination scores were not significantly different between the groups, while there was a significant difference in script completion (t((27))=13.72, p<0.001). Using Pearson correlation, we found weak correlations without significance between completed scripts, illness script scores, and examination scores. We found no relationship between illness script scores and examination scores, even in the high response group, by regression analysis. CONCLUSIONS: The use of web-based orthopedic illness scripts did not correlate to the examination performance of medical students. A high number of scripts without variety and limited time for practicing may have obscured potential positive relationships. Illness scripts should be adjusted as appropriate for each school before being assigned. A further multi-center, prospective study is suggested to identify the correlations and investigate the influencing factors. IJME 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8994641/ /pubmed/34601465 http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.6135.d424 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Chirathit Anusitviwat et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use of work provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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Anusitviwat, Chirathit
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Yuenyongviwat, Varah
Iamthanaporn, Khanin
Tuntarattanapong, Pakjai
Bvonpanttarananon, Jongdee
Suwannaphisit, Sitthiphong
Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title_full Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title_fullStr Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title_short Relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
title_sort relationship between web-based illness scripts and the performance of medical students in orthopedic surgery placements
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34601465
http://dx.doi.org/10.5116/ijme.6135.d424
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